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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The socio-economics of its students are a challenge for ACPS. There are a lot of first-generation and low-income children and their needs are really different from those of UMC children.  As an UMC student, our DC  appreciates having friends from very different  backgrounds. A lot of the things we take for granted are not by DC's friends and understanding that has made DC a much better human being.   ACPS has served my child very well -- his SATs couldn't be higher, he took APs in every subject he wanted, and he's headed to an exceptional college.

[b]If I wished anything was different, it would be that the most disadvantaged students were served better. There are no magic bullets, but a long-term commitment (and money) [/b]for better teacher salaries, more personalized attention, and culturally/linguistically-skilled faculty and administrators is needed. My $15k/year property tax bill is half what my friends in the NY area pay, so I'd gladly pony up more for their benefit.

But, I really don't have much patience for other UMC parents who complain. Your child is a B student because you never taught him to study, not because the teachers are incompetent. If you can host a drunken house party in your $1 million house, don't complain about those poor kids being a public safety problem.  If you can spend all your spare time driving your lax/crew/hockey athlete all over the entire East Coast, you could schedule in study time so he doesn't sit like a rock in honors classes.  I'm guessing what you really want is a school system without the really strong students (so your kid won't look so poorly in comparison) and without the families of color.  
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See this is the problem. Parents like you who are so sadly misinformed.

Every single thing is geared towards disadvantage students and has been for the past 10 years my kid has been a student and at least for the 10 years prior.  They have very single thing you can think of for disadvantage students.  Suggest something and I will name the program for it.

The sad reality is that even after 20 years of propping up poor kids there has been almost no improvement and very little gains.  I mean J-H was non-accredited for 6 years in a row and still would be if the state didn't lower their standards this past year. The first 2 years it was big news and lots of talk of fixing it.  After that, meh, no one even cared to mention it.

How about this?

if a child can not read at grade level at the end of 3 rd grade, they can go to intensive summer school and be retested. if they read on grade level, great they move on to 4th grade. They can't, they repeat 3rd grade. Same thing happens every year thereafter.

No adults over age 19 at TC. They can sign up for night school and they can learn English on their own.  [/quote]

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